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Patented 4, 1934 UNITED STATES umass'.v

' 'BOX John 8. Stokes, Huntingdon Valley?, Pa., asaignor to Stokes andSmith Company, Philadelphia,

Pa., al corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 18, 1932,Serial No. 642,838

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acter, and are, after severance from the strip,

formed into boxes, as by'application of wrappers.

More specifically, in some forms of my invenv tion, the windows arepunched through the strip and then suitable transparent material isapplied, so that the contents of a completed box made therefrom arevisible through the window,

zo whereas in other forms of my invention utilizing laminated strip, thepunching may not extend through all laminations, and a decorative panelis inserted between the laminations to be visible through the window,preferably through an overlying insert oi' transparent material.

My invention further resides in the boxes and methods of making themhereinafter described and claimed.

For an understanding of-nrv invention, reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings in which in perspective Fig. 1 illustratessuccessive steps of forming a box blank from strip material. j

Fig. 1a isa continuation of Fig. 1.

Flg. 2 shows box blank bent along its scoring. Fig. 3 shows a wrapper.Fig. 4 illustrates the box body or blank of Fig. 2 superimposed upon thewrapper of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is the completed box.

Fig. shows a box and cover constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 'l illustrates steps producing a laminated box with decorativeinsert.

Fig. 8 shows a wrapper. Jiig. 9 shows the completed box.

laminated box material.

Fig. 11 illustrates the resulting box. Figs. 12, 13 and 14 illltrate theformation d from strip of the main components of three-piece boxes. Y

Fig. 15 illustrates the formation of labelled end components of athree-piece box.

' Fig. 15a shows end components in position'on n Fig. 16 illustrates thecomponent of Fig.` 14

bent into position.

Figs. 17 and 18 illustrate steps of forming a three-piece labelled box.

Figs. 19, 20 and 21` illustrateformaticn and labelling of the maincomponents of three-piece boxes.

Figs. 22 and 22a are similar to Figs. 15 and 15a.

Fig. 23 shows the component of Fig. 21 bent into position.

Figs. 24 and 25 illustrate steps of forming a three-piece labelled box.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 1a, the strip S of suitable box material, ascardboard, strawboard, or the like, is removed from the roll R and fed,preferably byintermittent or step by step motion, in the directiongenerally indicated bythe arrow. 'I'he width of the-strip S'correspondsto twice the height of the completed box plus the length, or width ofthebox bottom; in the example specifically illustrated, the width isequal to the width ofY the box bottom plus'twice `the height of the boxsides. If desired, and preferably, suitable lining material, as thestrip L of paper, is

. fed fromthe roll Rl'into adhesive engagement with the upper surface ofthe box strip S which face is destinedto form the interior of the box.The adhesive may be vapplied as by passage of the lining 'paper over theglue-roll G.

At station A Valong the path of movement of the strip of box material,lined or unlined, adhesive is applied as by the stencil 1 to the uppersurface and thereafter, and preferably at the same station, a label Xremoved from a stack Y thereof is superimposed upon the strips forattachment thereto `by the applied adhesive. The label is ,suitablydecorated and/orprovided with printed matter. y

At station B there is applied to the strip of box material, as beyondthe label, suitable or desired embossing, printing, or the like, as bythe die or platen 2. It is understood of course, that the embossing orprinting at station B may be substantially simultaneous with theapplication of glue or 1abe1 at station A to that portion-or Fig. 10shows a further modification utilizing the strip subsequently to arriveat station B At station C one or more openings are punched or cut out ofthe strips as by the punch 3 which in the particular form illustratedremoves an oval segment from the strip and label.

At station D adhesive is applied to the strip, as by the. stencil 4 atregions adjacent to the apertureor apertures for attachment of theelemente, which may be a piece of cellophane, nr other transparent ortranslucent material. 'I'he e may be at station D, or preff andasshown.cutfrom-arollRasby and applied at station D1.

point along its path of movement, the

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At'any given time. severalbox blanks completion.

Ihr making scoring, is shown-in Fig. 2', and as there appears,

' atreverse direction anda wrapper such as shovinl"ig.3havinganopeningmaybeused.

v`thiebox.

To complete the box or cover, there is applied ing O in the box bottom,Fig. 4. Preferably. and desired, the wrapperW maybe provided with tabstwhich, when the wrapper is applied as shown in Pig. 5. stand aroundthevertical corners wrappersappliedtothe Particularly. if the lining homitteduthe label maybeofsuchsizeastocovertheverticalwalls may appear ineither .the dde or en'd panels, or

both. of the box B2. 'lhe'extension'bottom b. when'usedris applied to abox .its severance from the strip and is attached;there to in the usualmanner by an individual-wrapper suitable for this type'of work, whichwill havevwehmss m'r'esiter withtheppenin' scored longitudinally. as bythe knives. l bottom and side panels of the box. .station E the stripistransversely scored removed for example froma stackVthereof. If themain component ofthe three-l separa'te Lacasse in the box bottom. :Asshown in 6 the completed element of Fig. 5 may be used as a cover.

Referring to Fig. 7, the strip S of box material is formed -v from twostrips of box material Sl,

S2 removed from rolls and coated, as by adhesive transferred from theglue roll G. In this particular modification onLv the, upper strip Sl ispunched Y steps ofprinting. embossing. die-stamping o'r the like. Beforethe adhesive has set, and prefer- Aably substantially vimmediately afterioinder of the 8151198, to insure adhesive on the adjacent faces of bothstrips they are separated as bythe narrowrolls ordisks l0.-v

stated laminations'or strips Sl, S2, in'po'sition to be visible throughan opening 0. a decorative element I. as a picture, emblem,Apollo`metal,

desired. there may also be an element e of cellophane or the like, tooverlie the decorative insert I. 'I'hestrips S1, S2,`are then againbrought inserts in position. The remaining 'steps of scoring, notching,etc.,`ar e then eected to complete the blank as above described. If the.insert is-to be visibleffrom the interior-.of the box, a plain l'wrapper. i. e., without the opening,' as shown in Fig. 8. is applied toforma box B3 -such as,l shown inFlg. 9. If the inael'tlstobe visiblefrithe exterior of the box, the box panels are bent in Aseabove'vstated.the box yshown inl'ig. 5 permits the contents of the boxy to be viewedthroughA an opening or openings which extend completely the box, andlwhich is or are spanned by '115- suitable transparent material appliedto side ortheotheroftheblankwhiletheblankisin strip form. The same endwith-somewhat better together, the adhesive on the strips holding the ,1

appearance may be accomplished vwith laminated strip by the cellophane.or the like,

`rio 1 between the laminations so that only the;

` thereof spanning the opening is visible. l

Referring terze. 1o :er exemple, the 'stripe s1,

S2 forming the compositebox strip S are simule taneously'punched as bydie 3 to provide openings in 'alignment with eachother and forming anopening 0 extending completely through the strip S. Thereafterthe stripsor laminations are sep- -arated as by the disks'10 for of the inserts eof transparent material which 'span'the opening. Thereafter,thelaminations again re-united.land the remaining operations of scoring,notching, etc., eifected to form the box blanks.Awrapper,suchasshowninl*ig.3may

`beepp'lied to complete che box B4. Fia-11'.

It is to be understood, that the boxes o f Fig.

o end/or mg; 1 1 may be printed. embossed, or

provided with labels. generally as explained in connection with Fig.Landallof which operations Speclclly. thestripisscoredtransverselybyknives'loand 'e71eedennetnebetzemmneu-efbimnsendieug blanksl oreolu-- subsequently cutbetween the scoring of adjacent teria! removed from rolls R5thereof-'may be-adv hesively applied along the opposite edges of thestrip S so that the tabbing and scoring is effected while the blanks arein the strip. The knives 'I2 sever `both strip S and the applied tabbingenof the boxes are'cut from strip S3, removed from ro11s Rs of anysuitable box material. as by knives 73. Before the strip'is severed,however, it is suitably labeled, embossed or printed gen'-, erally asindicated by X. Specifically, labels removed from the stack Y thereofarel applied to strip S3 at suitable regular intervals so as to appearin proper position on the minor components is bent along the scoring tothe shape shown in Fig. 16 and brought into box-forming relation withthe minor or end components as in Fig. 1'1.

The projecting portions of the tab strips t are then folded intoengagement with the ends m to form a box,l Fig. 18. When the -printlngor labelling is to appear on the inside of the box; the components maybeheld in pomtion by a wrapper such as shown in Fig. 8 withor without tabsLabels, printing, etc. may'alsobe applied to the main components insteadof or in addition to the labellingof the end components. As shown inFig. 19, the-labels r, :l: are' applied to strip S to' portions whichsubsequently, by severance, become the side panels of the main componentB6 of a three-piece box. The label will appear on the inside or outsideof the iinished box'depending upon which way the blank is scoredandbent.

The end components M may be prepared from strip as 'previously describedand may also be labelled while in the strip. For forming the type boxshown in Fig. 25, the components are disposed so that the labelling z,printing, embossing or the like is visible from the box exterior, andthey are held in position by application. of the projecting parts oftabs t to the box ends. If desired, the projection tab strips may benotched as at n, to avoid the gusset fold of Figs. 17 and 18.

From the foregoing, it is clear that the strip of Figs. 1,7 or 10 may becut to form the main component of a three-piece box.

While I have illustrated and described preferred forms of and methods ofpractising my invention, it is to be understood that 'the invention isnot limited thereto but is co-extensive in scope with the appendedclaims.

While all of the aforesaid operations may be performed manually, atleast some of them may be performed by suitable known mechanism. For

example, the feeding of lining to a strip, the scoring and notching of astrip, etc., may be performed by mechanism shown in copendingapplicationSerial No. 655,194, iiled February 4, 1933. The preparation of thewrappers may be'effected by mechanism of the type shown in Rider PatentNo. 1,851,260 granted May 10, 1932 and wrapping of the, boxes may beeifected 4by the machine shown -in Federwitz PatentfNo. 1,541,255granted June 5, 1925.

What I claim is:

1. The method of making box elements which 'comprises effecting adhesiveengagement between a' strip of box material and a strip of liningmaterial, punching the composite strip to provide apertures, andsevering the strip intermediate the apertures to form lined boxelements.

2. 'Ihe method of making box elements which j comprises feeding astripof box material along a path, at a zone of said path, punching thestrip to forma succession of regularly spaced aper-` tures, at asubsequent zone of said path, applying light-passing material -to spansaid apertures in succession, thereafter transversely severing the stripto form box elements, and without substantial delay forming boxes yfromsaid elements in succession. v

3. The method of making box elements which comprises feeding a strip ofbox material along a path, at a zone in said path applying individuallabels in succession to said strip, at a subsequent zone, punching thelabel and strip t0 provide'a succession of apertures in the labeledstrip, and thereafter severing the strip to form box elements.

4. The method of making box elements which comprises punching a striplof box material to provide apertures, eifecting adhesive engagement withanother strip of box material to form a laminated strip, insertingdecorative elements between laminations of saidstrip opposite saidapertures, and thereafter severing the strip to form box elements.

5. The method of making box elements'which comprises punching avvlaminated sti-'ip of box material to provide apertures therethrough,temporarily separating the laminations and inserting 1m transparentmaterial to span the apertures, andv thereaftersevering the strip toform box ele' ments.

6. The'method of making box elements which comprises eifecting adhesiveengagement between strips of box material to form laminated strip,punching at least one of the strips to provide apertures, before settingof the adhesive, temporarily separating thelaminations and inserting anelement to span the aperture, relmiting the laminations, and thereaftersevering the strip to form box elements.

'1.k The method of making boxes which comprises'punching a strip of boxmaterial to. provide apertures, scoring the strip to denne box panels,cutting the strip to form box blanks each having an apertured wall, andvthereafter applying individual wrappers to the box blanks insuccession.

8. The method of making boxes which comprises applying individual labelsto one side of a strip of box material, scoring the reverse side of thestrip to denne panels, and severing the strip between the labels to formlabeled box components.

9. 'Ihe method which comprises effecting adhesive engagement between astrip of lining material and a strip oi' box material to form a linedstrip, applying individual labels to the lined face of thestrip, scoringlthe reverse side of the strip between the labels.' and severing thestrip to form labeled, scored box components.

strip of boxmrm, scoring and notcmng the 14,5

strip, severing the strip to form one-piece box blanks, and thereafterapplying individual wrap- Y pers to the unlabeled side of the boxblanks.

,11. yThe method of making boxeswhich com-l prises embossing or printingone side ofa strip Mof box material, scoring and Downing ine 'su-ip,

severing the strip to form one-piece box blanks. and thereafterlapplying individual wrappers to the .plain side of lthe box blanks afterseverance vide apertures, thereafter securing material to the strip tospan the aperture. thereafter severing the strip between the labels toform box lelements, and applying individual wrappers to the unlabeledside o! the box elements.

14. The method o! making boxes which comprisespunching apertures.through a strip ofbox material, applying transparent material to 'spanthe apertures, severing the strip to form box elei ments each having anapertured wall, and applying to the box elementsv in successionindividual wrappers having apertures in alignment with said punchedapertures of the box elements.

l5. 'Ihe method o! making boxes which comprises applying individuallabels to a .strip of box material. punching apertures through the stripof box material, adhesively securing transparent sheet material to spanthe apertures, thereafter severing the strip between the labels to formbox elements, and applying to 4the box elements individual wrappershaving apertures aligned with said apertures ofl the box elements.

ie. 'nie method of making boxes which connv prises severing a laminatedstrip to form box elements. prior to the severance the steps of punch-Patent No. 1.983.323. l

i CERTIFICATE or connection..

lng at least. one strip to provide apertures. and

temporarily separating thelaminations for insertion of elements spanningthe Iapertures. and applying individual wrappers to the box elementsafter their severance.v 1

17. The method of making boxes which comrial to .provide apertures.attaching elements to be viewed through saidv apertures, severing thestrip to form box elements', and applying indi- 'prisesv punching alamination of strip box matevidual elements to ,thel unpunched sides -ofthe box blanks.

i 18. 'I'he method of making boxes which ccmprises punching aperturesthrough alaminated strip of box material, temporarily separating thelaminations for insertion ofl transparent material spanning theapertures, severing the strip tof form box elements. and applying to thebox elevments individual wrappers having apertures aligned with theapertures of the box elements. 19. 'I'he vmethod of making boxes .whichcomprises punching a strip-of box material vto provide apertures.scoring the strip to denne box panels, cutting the strip to form boxblanks each having an aperture in the panel destined to form vthe top orbottom of a box. and thereafter shaping and covering the blanks insuccession with individual wrappers to form boxes.

2o. The method 0i' making'bhxes which eomlos prises effecting adhesive.agement between a strip of lining material an a strip of box mate-f rialto form a lined strip, applyingv individual labels to the lined face ofthestrip. severing the strip to form lined, labeled box components.shaping the components so that the labels are on the inside of thepartially-formed boxes, and applying individual wrappers to coverv theoutside of the labeled boxes.

JOHN STORES.

' Joint-s lt iii hereby certified that verror vappears in the printedspecification of the above numbered patent requiring correction asfollows: Page 3, line l4l, c|lin|. 9, strikeoutfthe the words "betweenthe label-ii"l and insert the same after ,"s'trip"-` in the same lineand claim; and that? the said LettersiPatent should be read with thiscorrecti'on'therein l Patent Office.

signed ma miei vumA siii ily einem, A. n. was.'-

' Leslie .I A 1 Acting Commmer of Patente.

fus.

` December that the samentay conform to the record of the case inthe Mofbox material, scoring and Downing ine 'su-ip,

severing the strip to form one-piece box blanks. and thereafterlapplying individual wrappers to the .plain side of lthe box blanks afterseverance vide apertures, thereafter securing material to the strip tospan the aperture. thereafter severing the strip between the labels toform box lelements, and applying individual wrappers to the unlabeledside o! the box elements.

14. The method o! making boxes which comprisespunching apertures.through a strip ofbox material, applying transparent material to 'spanthe apertures, severing the strip to form box elei ments each having anapertured wall, and applying to the box elementsv in successionindividual wrappers having apertures in alignment with said punchedapertures of the box elements.

l5. 'Ihe method o! making boxes which comprises applying individuallabels to a .strip of box material. punching apertures through the stripof box material, adhesively securing transparent sheet material to spanthe apertures, thereafter severing the strip between the labels to formbox elements, and applying to 4the box elements individual wrappershaving apertures aligned with said apertures ofl the box elements.

ie. 'nie method of making boxes which connv prises severing a laminatedstrip to form box elements. prior to the severance the steps of punch-Patent No. 1.983.323. l

i CERTIFICATE or connection..

lng at least. one strip to provide apertures. and

temporarily separating thelaminations for insertion of elements spanningthe Iapertures. and applying individual wrappers to the box elementsafter their severance.v 1

17. The method of making boxes which comrial to .provide apertures.attaching elements to be viewed through saidv apertures, severing thestrip to form box elements', and applying indi- 'prisesv punching alamination of strip box matevidual elements to ,thel unpunched sides -ofthe box blanks.

i 18. 'I'he method of making boxes which ccmprises punching aperturesthrough alaminated strip of box material, temporarily separating thelaminations for insertion ofl transparent material spanning theapertures, severing the strip tof form box elements. and applying to thebox elevments individual wrappers having apertures aligned with theapertures of the box elements. 19. 'I'he vmethod of making boxes .whichcomprises punching a strip-of box material vto provide apertures.scoring the strip to denne box panels, cutting the strip to form boxblanks each having an aperture in the panel destined to form vthe top orbottom of a box. and thereafter shaping and covering the blanks insuccession with individual wrappers to form boxes.

2o. The method 0i' making'bhxes which eomlos prises effecting adhesive.agement between a strip of lining material an a strip of box mate-f rialto form a lined strip, applyingv individual labels to the lined face ofthestrip. severing the strip to form lined, labeled box components.shaping the components so that the labels are on the inside of thepartially-formed boxes, and applying individual wrappers to coverv theoutside of the labeled boxes.

JOHN STORES.

' Joint-s lt iii hereby certified that verror vappears in the printedspecification of the above numbered patent requiring correction asfollows: Page 3, line l4l, c|lin|. 9, strikeoutfthe the words "betweenthe label-ii"l and insert the same after ,"s'trip"-` in the same lineand claim; and that? the said LettersiPatent should be read with thiscorrecti'on'therein l Patent Office.

signed ma miei vumA siii ily einem, A. n. was.'-

' Leslie .I A 1 Acting Commmer of Patente.

` December that the samentay conform to the record of the case inthefus.

